Today’s answers come to us from Rakesh Satyal, editor extraordinaire, whose recent and upcoming Harper Perennial books include Love and Sex with Robots and Thanks for Coming: One Young Woman’s Quest for an Orgasm, as well as many books that are not at all about sex.

What was the best book of the year?
A tie between Netherland by Joseph O’Neill and We Disappear by Scott Heim.

What was the best movie? Slumdog Millionaire What was the best song/album? Song: Sam Sparro, “Black and Gold.” Album: TV on the Radio, “Dear Science,” Favorite Blog? It’s still fourfour.typepad.com. (blogger’s note: I am obsessed with Rich, the proprietor of fourfour’s, cat.)

Who was the person of the year?
Barack, obvi. Followed quickly by Jack Donaghy.

What is your New Year’s resolution?
To pleasure-read 50 books.

** Bonus question: Where do you see the world going in 2009? To www.graeters.com. Recession be damned.

Our editors are very talented people. They acquire. They edit. They . . . sing?

Yes, in the case of Rakesh Satyal, who’s edited some of my favorites, including Jason Mulgrew‘s Everything is Wrong With Me. Here are some of his finer performances. I challenge you to watch without smiling!